OMG! I do not need One.More.Thing!

Day 10 of the 21 Day Challenge. Almost half-way through!  LAUNDRY Room.  Are you kidding me? YUCK!  I got some laundry started this morning (1/12/11) and assessed my terrible situation.  I waited a little bit before really starting because I wanted to read everyone's post and see their laundry rooms, hoping for some great ideas and/or inspiration.  Finding none, after reading all 20 of the entries at that point, I jumped in and got started.  (It's LAUNDRY!  Who was I kidding trying to find "inspiration?")  If you haven't figured it out yet, laundry is my least favorite thing to do.  I loathe laundry.  Here are my most embarrassing BEFORE pictures.

BEFORE--Laundry Room, these get progressively worse, trust me!

BEFORE--Laundry Room

BEFORE--Laundry Room/Basement Bathroom.  This sink is usually clean, but I had leftover doggie spa items that were drying off on the counter.

BEFORE--Basement Shower/Laundry Hiding Place...Oh, it gets even worse....

BEFORE--Laundry Room, see I told you, this is BAD!  Gee, do you think some missing socks are in here?

So, I started cleaning and found this trial Downy, which I don't have the little ball for and trying to read the directions I wound up with blue fingers, so into the trash it went.  GASP!

In case you missed how bad it was.... BEFORE--Laundry Room--Ugh!  So, I started moving the washer and dryer as close to the wall as possible and I thought I was going to put some plastic shelving up in the corner under the window, but then I went upstairs and started gathering laundry baskets.  Then I took them downstairs and started sorting laundry into the baskets.  This is what I built: 

AFTER--Laundry Room, Doh!
A Leaning Tower of Laundry!

Oh yeah, and it is two-deep.  I tried to stack the baskets back and forth, but I have about 10 different kinds of baskets, so that didn't work, so this is what I ended up with.  It is SORTED and OFF the FLOOR, though!  Needless to say, I have my work all cut out for me for the rest of January (Winter!)

AFTER--Laundry Room/Basement Bathroom

I have most of my Wizard of Oz stuff in this Laundry Room, but it had been temporarily re-located upstairs for my "Ruby Red Christmas."  Glad to have it back in the laundry room, making it really feel ...like home.  I can't believe I didn't find any flying monkeys in this scary laundry room!

AFTER--Laundry Room.  I put my dry cleaning in that cute Orange Margarita bag instead of being bombarded by the plastic sacks as you try to enter the laundry room.  I also got my purse collection to fit into one clear tub.  Still need to purge the purses.  I'm a bag lady in the early stages.  Yikes!

AFTER--Laundry Room

I was going to buy some containers for this, but I found some that will work for now, until I really figure out how to purge some things and reorganize all of my closets (I know it's coming!) so I can fit in all of my clean laundry!  Oh joy, rapture!  I also re-used a clear bed sheet package for my cans of starch and stain goop.
As I mentioned, I found the FlyLady, so also doing that stuff.  I wound up with 20 lbs of crap to donate!  Yay me!  I did have this all done yesterday, I was just encountering technical difficulties again with my post and pictures, so I went to bed.  So glad that today is the Freezer Challenge!  Mine is not very big and not very bad.  Although nothing seems bad after the Laundry Room, right!?!?  I know my freezer does need a good scrubbing/clean-out though!  Catch you later!  Have a happy day 11!  Check out www.abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com if you want to join in the fun!